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10 Version 1.4.0
Scoping Class: CIM_ComputerSystem 276
The Operating System (OS) Deployment Profile extends the management capability of the referencing 277
profiles by adding the capability to support OS deployment activities by manipulating the OS deployment 278
features provided by the service processor. These features include: 279
• Identify the list of OS drivers. 280
• Unpack the OS DUP and extract drivers for a specified OS; the drivers are placed on a local flash 281
drive (nvram). 282
• Expose the unpacked drivers to the host as a USB device. 283
• Expose the drivers to the network in a secure manner for access by a management application. 284
• Support booting to an OS provisioning image from a network share. 285
• Download a pre-boot OS provisioning image from a network share to vFlash. 286
• Support booting to an OS provisioning image from vFlash. 287
DCIM_OSDeploymentService shall be the Central Class. 288
Table 1 identifies related profiles. 289
Table 1 – Related Profiles 290
Profile Name Organization Version Relationship
Profile Registration DCIM 1.0 Reference
6 Description 291
The Operating System (OS) Deployment Profile describes the OS deployment configuration service and 292
the related methods. The profile also describes the relationship of the OS Deployment Profile classes to 293
DMTF and Dell profile version information. 294
The OS deployment features are: 295
• Identifying the list of OS drivers. 296
• Unpacking the OS DUP and extract drivers for a specified OS. The drivers are placed on a local 297
flash drive (nvram). 298
• Exposing the unpacked drivers to the host as a USB device. 299
• Securely exposing the drivers to the network for access by a management application. 300
• Booting to an OS provisioning image from a network share. 301
• Downloading a pre-boot OS provisioning image from a network share to vFlash SD card. 302
• Booting to an OS provisioning image from vFlash SD card. 303